NHTSA Complaint #10298606 — 2006 NISSAN 350Z

OIL CONSUMPTION, 350Z ENGINE BLOWN, IN LESS THEN A YEAR. WHILE GOING TO WORK ON A COMPLETE STOP AT A RED LIGHT, ENGINE BLOWS AND CAR GETS ON FIRE UNDERNEATH, LUCKY THERE WAS A GAS-STATION NEXT TO ME TO BORROW AN EXTINGUISHER... POLICE CAME TO HELP A LITTLE LATER, AND SAID I COULDN'T FILE A REPORT. CALLED INSURANCE, AND SAID THEY WOULD NOT COVER IT, CALLED NISSAN AND THEY DIDN'T EVEN COVER MY RENTAL WHILE THEY INSPECTED THE CAR FOR OVER 3 MONTHS... THEY WANTED 6K FOR NEW ENGINE, AFTER BLAMING ME, TELLING ME "THIS CAR WAS NOT BUILD TO BE PUSHED, YOU DRIVE IT SLOW"... THIS FORCED ME TO LET THE CAR INTO VOLUNTARY REPOSSESION AND DAMAGE MY CREDIT, UNTIL THIS DAY THEY ARE STILL CHARGING ME FOR THE LEFTOVER FEES... LATER I FOUND OUT THAT THIS WAS A REALLY COMMON PROBLEM AND THERE IS A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT STILL HAVE NOT GOTTEN THIS RESOLVED...BEWARE. MY 3RD NISSAN, AND WHAT A DISAPPOINTMENT, WE'VE HAD ABOUT 10 NISSANS IN THE FAMILY, BUT NO MORE NISSANS FOR US. *TR